Adventures with the Ratcliff Family: First Bath!

So we had to wait awhile for Jameson's umbilical stump to fall off before we could give him a bath. A long while. It took four weeks to finally come off! At his two week check-up the doctor had told me that his cord was very thick and it would take longer than normal to come off. I had been getting anxious at that point because it hadn't even looked like it was going to come off soon. It was a relief to hear that it was normal, but still I got more anxious as the days went on. Finally I lifted up his onsie on the day he turned four weeks and saw it hanging by a thread. It hadn't shown any warnings of coming off; one day it was securely fastened and the next it was just hanging there. I was going to just leave it be, but it was kind of gross just hanging there so I finally (nicely) gave it a tug and it was off. However, I noticed that it didn't come off entirely and there was still a small piece there. Well finally a week later it seems to be *almost* entirely gone. We went ahead and did his first bath last night finally!

Jameson seemed to like his first bath. Calli loved her first bath, she loved all her baths! In fact, the only time she wasn't crying as a newborn was when she was in the water. Serena on the other hand HATED her first bath and every subsequent one. To this day, bathing her is a battle. She will not sit in the tub, she just stands there and cries. Those eventually turn to screams as you get her wet and wash her hair. Yeah, she is a real joy to bathe! Anyhow, we figured Jameson could go either way, but he didn't cry at all during his bath! So hopefully he will love the water like his big sister Calli.

Now we have a clean and nice smelling baby!

Daddy getting Jameson ready for his bath